Older people in the field of medication

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-304

  Lumme Sandt, Kirsi ^a,b   Virtanen, Pekka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Compliance; Medication; Older people

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HABITUATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYMPOSIUM;

EID: 0036558104     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00295     Document Type: Article

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